Our prediction for this Champions League match:
Sporting
Match Time & Date:
17/09/2024
21:00
Prediction: 2-1
Lille
Sporting CP will look to make a flying start to their Champions League campaign when they face Lille at their Estadio Jose Alvalade. Sporting CP managed to keep their 100% record intact thanks to a 3-0 win over Arouca at the weekend and, as a result, the bookies see them as hot favourites to win Tuesday’s clash. All St. Juste, Kovacevic, and Nel remain in the recovery room, but head coach Ruben Amorim can count on key players for Tuesday’s encounter.
Les Dogues, on the other hand, suffered a dip in form, with the team extending their losing run to three games in all competitions at St Etienne. As over the years Sporting have turned their “Jose Alvalade” into a real fortress, we predict that the visitors are going to return to France with their hands empty. Lille’s injury list is pretty long, including the likes of Bentaleb, Haraldsson, Ismaily, Mukau, Umtiti, and Zedadka.
Highlighted Player (Benjamin André):
Benjamin Andre is a French footballer, who began his career at Stade Raphaelois youth team. At the age of 16 Andre moved to Ajaccio and he played for the first team from 2008 to 2014. The right-footed midfielder scored 12 goals in 187 appearances in the league for the Corsican team and in the summer of 2014 he moved to fellow French club Rennes.
Andre scored his first goal for les Rouges et Noirs on January 25, 2015, in a 4-1 defeat to Caen. The French player made provided three assists for his teammates in 36 appearances for Rennes in the 2016/2017 Ligue 1 campaign and the club chiefs decided to extend his contract in June, 2017. His deal with the Roazhon Park outfit should expire on June 30, 2022.
Benjamin Andre, who was born in Nice on August 3, 1990, has seven caps for France U21 team. The Rennes footballer plays as a central midfielder, but he is often used as both left and right midfielder.
Highlighted Team (Sporting):
When it comes to official club members, Portugal giants Sporting Lisbon are the sixth club in the world. Commonly referred to as Leoes which is Portuguese for Lions, Sporting Lisbon were founded in 1906 and are one of the founders of the Primeira Liga.
Sporting’s main rivals are Benfica, with both teams contesting the Lisbon Derby, one of the most fierce ones in Europe. Lions play their games at Estadio Jose Alvelade in front of 50,000 people and are the third most successful club in the country with 46 titles in Portuguese competitions and a title in the European Cup Winner’s Cup from 1963-64.
During this time that is also known as the club’s golden years, Sporting Lisbon won the majority of their 18 Primeira Liga titles in total. Sporting Lisbon boasts the quality football youth academy system which has yielded world-class footballers such as Paulo Furte, Simao Sabrosa, Nani and Ballon d’Or winners Figo and Cristiano Ronaldo.
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